Photographs Of Hats Fresh From Surviving The Elements

[JAVIER]

Latest acquisition Shulman's Trumpeter, a wet moth beater... so took it out to get a drink at Johnnie Walkers.

 

[vintage68]

A man will do a lot for a good whisky...

 

[bowlerman]

Flying Cloud Amish hat after shoveling. The snow appears to have turned into ice beads.

 

[hatophile]

Jeff, that ain't a hat, that's a helmet. Now I know why the Amish guys wear them all winter.

 

[jamespowers]

Flying Cloud Amish hat after shoveling. The snow appears to have turned into ice beads.

Mine is a little older but I know they are great hats for gettign the job done through rain, snow and other poor weather:

 

[bowlerman]

That's cool, jamespowers! Also a Flying Cloud (w/backbow)?

 

[jamespowers]

That's cool, jamespowers! Also a Flying Cloud (w/backbow)?

It is actually a turn of the centruy or older Knox. The bow is on the side. That was a frontal view of it. It is stiff as a board.

 

[Phineas Lamour]

Snow on my stetson.

 

[jamespowers]

Snow on my stetson.

Is that the one in your avatar? I am guessing it held up well.

 

[Blackthorn]

Latest acquisition Shulman's Trumpeter, a wet moth beater... so took it out to get a drink at Johnnie Walkers.

Great picture! I took a similar one (without the raindrops) last summer on a weekend on a riverboat, fedora and a Jim Beam bottle.

 

[bowlerman]

Those elements just seem to go naturally together, especially in photos. Very nice. Blackthorn, have you posted your variation somewhere?

Mine for today. Stephen Stetson lord's hat.

 

[Phineas Lamour]

Is that the one in your avatar? I am guessing it held up well.

Yes, it is the same hat from my avatar and yes it held up fine. Looks just the same now as it did in my avatar.

 

[bowlerman]

Surprising that I haven't had more of these this winter, but no mercy today...

 

[hatophile]

We've had a merciful winter here too, Jeff. (Knocking on wood).

 

[alanfgag]

I love the sweet smell of wet fur in the morning.

 

[randooch]

Dog walk to Safeway for the morning paper:

 

[Mystic]

From these photos I'm thinking those clear plastic rain covers for hats offered for sale on many hat store websites are not really to popular.

Seems to me they would be more of a hassle and aggravating than facing the elements or just taking the hat off.......

 

[tealseal]

From these photos I'm thinking those clear plastic rain covers for hats offered for sale on many hat store websites are not really to popular.

Seems to me they would be more of a hassle and aggravating than facing the elements or just taking the hat off.......

From what I've read here on the lounge, plastic covers would in fact e detrimental to a fur felt hat as the plastic would not permit the felt to breathe properly. Their use on wool felt is different, but I prefer an application of protectant for my wool than using a plastic. Knowledgable experts please set me straight if I'm wrong.

 

[scottyrocks]

If you're just going out into the rain for a short while, a plastic cover will do the hat no harm as long as you remove it when you come in out of the rain.

These days, the people I see most with these plastic hat covers are state troopers because when they are out in the rain, they tend to be so for long(er) periods of time, and their hats need to remain crisp looking.

 

[jamespowers]

If you're just going out into the rain for a short while, a plastic cover will do the hat no harm as long as you remove it when you come in out of the rain.

These days, the people I see most with these plastic hat covers are state troopers because when they are out in the rain, they tend to be so for long(er) periods of time, and their hats need to remain crisp looking.

If those brick stiff hats can't take the elements then they need to buy something else. Plastic covers are for ladies with super hair sprayed hair---not hats.